July 2011
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Paulina Gruscheva’s handwriting was bold and sophisticated, like the woman herself. She wrote with a Montblanc fountain pen, the black ink flowing in curved flourishes over the expensive cream-colored envelope.
She’d had to look up his address. Miraculously, he was in the Cambridge telephone book.
As she peered down at the letters and numbers she’d written, a smile of satisfaction spread across her beautiful features. Then she sealed the envelope and readied herself to take it to the post office.
He was going to be surprised.